Ilan Schoenberger has failed at budgeting

So Ilan Schoenberger, who is reported to be the most powerful legislator, now wants to lead this county as our county executive.

His rationale? "If I'm sitting there as county executive, I'll certainly have a whole different ability to deal with the budget," Schoenberger said.

Well, this "powerful" figure had that opportunity over the past six years holding the most powerful position in the Legislature: chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee. The results are clear. He allowed Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef to send budgets forward that time and again had overestimated revenues to the tune of $80 million over the past six years. The Legislature's own auditors warned him of the risk and charted out a course of action to correct that.

He ignored his own auditors and did nothing but rubber stamp these suspect budgets.

Last year he "improved" the budget and that cost us a 30 percent property tax increase!

He had an "ability to deal with the budget" each of those years. He failed miserably. Now he wants the county executive position? Thanks, but no thanks.

I am supporting Rockland County Legislator Ed Day, R-New City, who has been sounding the alarm since 2008 on the fiscal mess this county was getting into.

It is clear exactly who will get the job done.

One had the chance and failed.

The other wants the chance and has the capabilities borne from public and private sector leadership experience to succeed.

Ellen Donovan

Pomona

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